Spokane Valley, WA — ACE Production Technologies is a fast-growing supplier of selective soldering equipment. Although ACE is expanding globally, the young company's most successful market is still the United States, where its market share has experienced its most significant growth. "But that is changing rapidly ...

Albuquerque, NM — Emcore Corp. has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by ATK (NYSE:ATK) to utilize ZTJ solar cells in the new lightweight and highly-efficient ATK Ultraflex solar arrays. The solar panels will be used to power cargo delivery spacecraft for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Commercial ...

Morrisville, NC — QualTech Technologies, Inc., a high-reliability EMS company located in the Cleveland area, has invested and successfully installed a KE-1070/KE-1080 Modular Placement System to accompany its existing four Juki placement machines. The new equipment provides QualTech with added capacity as well as the ability to place microBGAs and ultra-small components down to 01005. The KE-1070/KE-1080 machines are intended to meet the need for reliable,...

Maple Grove, MA — Acculogic, Inc., a provider of integrated technology solutions for test and validation of electronic components, circuits board and systems, marks its 20th anniversary in business this year. Since being founded in 1992, Acculogic has delivered a wide range of automated testing products and ...

Waterloo, ON, Canada — Teledyne Dalsa, a Teledyne Technologies company will partner with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), a provider of operational and commercial satellite programs, to develop a new multispectral sensor for an advanced earth observation application. With the help of Teledyne Dalsa's ...

Fremont, CA — Datest has unveiled a new Web site to explain its technical resources and expanded portfolio of capabilities in a refreshing new visual format. The new web site now is easier than ever to navigate for test on demand.

Wertheim, Germany — ERSA has been selected by Zollner Electronics, a leading EMS provider, to be the exclusive wave and selective soldering supplier for its new facility in California's Silicon Valley.

Seoul, Korea — Koh Young Technology has opened a new customer service and support technical center in Shenzen, China. The new facility will give the company the ability to better serve customers in the China market, an area of strong growth for its 3D SPI, AOI, and advanced automated inspection equipment for ...

Wetzlar, Germany — Leica Microsystems has acquired the microscopy and histopathology business of Labindia Instruments Pvt. Ltd., a solutions and service provider in India. This transition comes after more than 20 years during which Labindia has successfully distributed Leica's products in India.

Minneapolis, MN — PPT Vision Inc., a pioneer in machine vision technologies, has been acquired by Datalogic S.p.A., a provider of automatic data capture and industrial automation. PPT will operate as a separate company and as a center of excellence for machine vision within Datalogic Automation, the Industrial ...

Fort Worth, TX — Paul Andrews, founder and CEO of TTI, Inc. has been inducted into Fort Worth's Business Hall of Fame as the 2011 Executive of the Year. With this honor, Andrews becomes the 42nd recipient to receive this distinguished annual award that recognizes an individual who has made a profound impact ...